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Introduction into Microsoft PowerPoint
Starting Up Microsoft PowerPoint
Creating a Presentation
Opening an existing Presentation
Creating a Blank Presentation
Different PowerPoint Views
Slide Manipulation
Slide Animation
Slide Transitions
View Slide Show
Navigating While in Slideshow
Pack up a presentation for use on another computer
Introduction into Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful tool to create professional looking presentations
and slide shows. PowerPoint allows you to construct presentations from scratch or by
using the easy to use wizard.
Starting Microsoft PowerPoint
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Two Ways
1. Double click on the Microsoft PowerPoint icon on the desktop.
2. Click on Start --> Programs --> Microsoft PowerPoint
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Creating & Opening a Presentation
After you open up Microsoft PowerPoint, a screen pops up asking if
you would like to create a New Presentation or Open An Existing
Presentation.
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AutoContent Wizard
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Design Template
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Creates a new presentation by prompting you for information about
content, purpose, style, handouts, and output. The new presentation
contains sample text that you can replace with your own information.
Simply follow the directions and prompts that are given by Microsoft
PowerPoint.
Creates a new presentation based on one of the PowerPoint design
templates supplied by Microsoft. Use what is already supplied by
Microsoft PowerPoint and change the information to your own.
Blank Presentation
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Creates a new, blank presentation using the default settings for text
and colors. Go to next step: Creating A Blank Presentation
Opening An Existing Presentation
1. Select Open An Existing Presentation from the picture above
2. Click on your presentation in the white box below step 1
o If you do not see your presentation in the white box, select More Files
and hit OK.
o Locate you existing Presentation and hit the Open button
Create a Blank Presentation
After you select Blank Presentation a window pops up asking you to select the layout
of the first slide.
Pre-Designed Slide Layouts (Left to Right)
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Title Slide
Bulleted List
Two Column Text
Table
Text & Chart
Chart & Text
Organizational Chart
Chart
Text & Clip Art
Clip Art & Text
Title Only
Blank Slide
NOTE:If you already know what you want in your next slide, it is a very good idea to choose
one of the pre-designed layouts from above. However if you do not, then you can still insert what
you want in throughout your Presentation anytime you desire. Just choose Blank Slide and insert
items as you see fit.
Different Views That PowerPoint Demonstrates
There are different views within Microsoft PowerPoint that allow you to look at your
presentation from different perspectives.
Normal View
Outline View
Slide View
Switches to
normal view,
where you can
work on one
slide at a time
or organize the
structure of all
the slides in
your
presentation
Switches to
outline view,
where you can
work with the
structure of
your file in
outline form.
Work in outline
view when you
need to
organize the
structure of
your file.
Switches to
slide view,
where you can
work on one
slide at a time
Slide Manipulation
Slide Sorter
View
Slide Show
View
Displays
miniature
versions of all
slides in a
presentation,
complete with
text and
graphics. In
slide sorter
view, you can
reorder slides,
add transitions,
and animation
effects. You
can also set the
timings for
electronic slide
shows.
Runs your slide
show in a full
screen,
beginning with
the current slide
if you are in
slide view or the
selected slide if
you are in slide
sorter view. If
you simply want
to view your
show from the
first slide:
1. Click
Slide
Show at
the top of
the
screen
2. Select
View
Show
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Inserting A New Slide
1. Click Insert at top of screen
2. Select New Slide
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Formatting A Slide Background
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You can format your slide to make it look however you like, whether it
be a background color, picture, or a design template built into
Microsoft PowerPoint. The next step will show you how to apply a
Design Template, but the other items mentioned above can be
accomplished the same way.
1. Click Format at the top of the screen
2. Select Apply Design Template
3. Select Design you wish to apply
4. Click Apply Button
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Inserting Clipart & Pictures
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Display the slide you want to add a picture to.
Click Insert at the top of the screen
Select Picture
Select Clip Art
Click the category you want
Click the picture you want
Click Insert Clip on the shortcut menu
When you are finished using the Clip Gallery, click the Close button
on the Clip Gallery title bar
8. Steps 1-4 are very similar when inserting other Pictures, Objects,
Movies, Sounds, and Charts
Adding Transitions to a Slide Show
You can add customized transitions to your slide show that will make it come alive
and become appealing to your audience. Follow these steps when adding Slide
Transitions.
1. In slide or slide sorter view, select the slide or slides you want to add a
transition to.
2. On the Slide Show menu at the top of the screen, click Slide Transition
3. In the Effect box, click the transition you want, and then select any other
options you want
4. To apply the transition to the selected slide, click Apply.
5. To apply the transition to all the slides, click Apply to All.
6. Repeat the process for each slide you want to add a transition to.
7. To view the transitions, on the Slide Show menu, click Animation Preview.
Viewing The Slide Show
You can view your slide show by any of the following ways:
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Click Slide Show at the lower left of the PowerPoint window.
On the Slide Show menu, click View Show.
On the View menu, click Slide Show.
Press F5 on the keyboard
Navigating While In Your Slide Show
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Forward Navigation
o Simply click on the left Mouse Button or hit the Enter Button on your
keyboard
Reverse Navigation
o Hit the Backspace on the keyboard
Exiting the show
o Hit the Esc Button on the keyboard
Pack up a presentation for use on another computer
1. Open the Presentation you want to pack
2. On the File menu, click Pack and Go
3. Follow the instructions in the Pack and Go Wizard.
Unpack a presentation to run on another computer
1. Insert the disk or connect to the location you packed the presentation to
2. In My Computer, go to the location of the packed presentation, and then
double-click Pngsetup
3. Enter the destination you want to copy the presentation to